On the eve of my departure...
Everything is set. Excited about this trip (as you can probably tell since I've spend the last two weeks talking about it). So the theme song for the trip? Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett - California Stars. This song is from Mermaid Avenue album, which was a collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco to record some of the thousands of archived lyrics of the legendary Woody Guthrie. Written about the promise of work and a better life in the California fruit orchards during the Dust Bowl era of the American depression, the music written suits this hopeful and simple idea. With only two refrains, it's a lovely song.
2 comments:
oh if this is the theme we might have to take a trip out to the desert after all...
oh my. indeed. california stars was always playing for at least a semester of college in amanda's room!
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